资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Glue \Glue\, n. [F. glu, L. glus, akin to gluten, from gluere to
   draw together. Cf. {Gluten}.]
   A hard brittle brownish gelatin, obtained by boiling to a
   jelly the skins, hoofs, etc., of animals. When gently heated
   with water, it becomes viscid and tenaceous, and is used as a
   cement for uniting substances. The name is also given to
   other adhesive or viscous substances.

   {Bee glue}. See under {Bee}.

   {Fish glue}, a strong kind of glue obtained from fish skins
      and bladders; isinglass.

   {Glue plant} (Bot.), a fucoid seaweed ({Gloiopeltis tenax}).
      

   {Liquid glue}, a fluid preparation of glue and acetic acid
      oralcohol.

   {Marine glue}, a solution of caoutchouc in naphtha, with
      shellac, used in shipbuilding.